Independent Irish Blog | Professor Obi For President (Of Ireland) | Musical Video Of The Month ( June 2021 ) | Dr Joseph Chikelue Obi | Political Sermon Number 1 : We Can All Get Along ! Become a Patron! Mack The Knife Featuring : Dinah Shore and Pearl Bailey - Way Back in 1960 ( Happily Singing "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" , on the "Dinah Shore Chevy Show" ) Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe And he keeps it, ah, out of sight You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe So there's never, never a trace of red Now on the sidewalk, huh, huh, whoo sunny morning, un huh Lies a body just oozin' life, eek And someone's sneakin' 'round the corner Could that someone be Mack the Knife? There's a tugboat, huh, huh, down by the river don'tcha know Where a